The Last Tree, Gives Hope on How We Can Save the Environment

The Last Tree by Gutch Gutierrez

Award-winning author and commercial voice actor Gutch Gutierrez highlights the importance of caring for the enviornment in his latest picture book, The Last Tree. Published by Hiyas, OMF Literature’s imprint for children’s books, this post apocalyptic story uses catchy  rhymes and striking illustrations to list the many roles of trees.

As a bonus, the book also features a fun infographic that suggests simple ways to be a good steward of God’s creation. The infographic is doodled by Gutch’s wife, Rory Gutierrez, and list  seven simple ways children (and event adults) can be good steward of creation.

Here are some tips listed in the infographics:

Plant a tree once a year.  As the book shows,  a world with no trees is a desolate place. Asde from teaching kids the importance of trees, adults must also encourage children to plant them. This way, kids will le/ran how to be responsible for the enviornment at an early age. Not only that, planting trees can be a great bonding activity between parents and their children too.

Save water.  It may sound obvious to many people, but some often take this tip for granted. Simple acts, like closing The faucet after using it, could help save clean water for the use of future generations.

Shop secondhand.  Not only buyinh pre-loved items save you money, you also help reduce the need for raw materials to make pro products. This means less need to cut down trees, or mine for coal, or produce harmful chemicals that hurt the planet.

The Last Tree is one of the exciting new offers of Hiyas, OMF Literature’s imprint for children’s books, this 2019. It is available at National Bookstore , OMF Lit Bookshop, Passages and other leading bookstores nationwide for P120.00. The books can also be ordered online through omflit.com.

Press Release: HACK THE CLIMATE GOES TECH 

In the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan, Hack the Climate will stage its first ever Clean Technology Hackathon and Training happening in Palo, Leyte and Tacloban City. It is part of the 8th NICP ICT Summit 2016, in partnership with the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), DOST Region 8, Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus, Seed4com, Move.ph, Millenia Suites, ThinkLab and Unionbank of the Philippines.Hack the Climate is a climate change themed Hackathon that is formed out of the desire of a two Princeton University College Students, named Michael Lanchanski and Jacob Scheer to help the Philippines in their battle for climate change through Technology and Innovation.

With the help of their Filipino counterparts, Elaine Cedillo, Diego Jose Ramos and Rizzel Jill Dy, Hack the Climate was born in June 2013.

“Hack the Climate in Leyte is our 5th since we started and we hope that we can bring this project across the country” said Elaine Cedillo, the lead project coordinator for this leg. “Hack the Climate is more than just a hackathon, it is our advocacy. Educating the students and young professionals about the adverse effects of climate change while challenging the developers to create a solution for climate change adaptation or mitigation, and through that, the participants are empowered to do something to help our environment,” she added

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